Iconoclasm in revolutionary Paris : the transformation of signs /

From Ancient Egypt to the Arab Spring, iconoclasm has occurred throughout history and across cultures. Both a vehicle for protest and a means of imagining change, it was rife during the tumultuous years of the French Revolution, and in this richly illustrated book Richard Clay examines how political...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clay, Richard (Richard S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Voltaire Foundation, 2012.
Series:SVEC ; 2012:11.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Iconoclasm as sign transformation: the Parisian Revolution of 1789
  • 2. Catholicism and iconoclasm in Paris, 1789-1790
  • 3. Iconoclasm in Paris in 1791
  • 4. Iconoclasm in Paris in 1792
  • 5. Iconoclasm in Paris, 1793-1795
  • Conclusion.